Maddy Perez

Photo by: John Fajardo

Photo by: John Fajardo

Position:
D
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
Major:
Communication Studies
Hometown:
West Covina, Calif.
High School:
West Covina HS
Prev School:
West Covina HS

2023 THIRD-TEAM UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-WEST REGION
2023 FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE
2022 THIRD-TEAM UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-WEST REGION
2022 FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE
2021 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE
2021 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

2023 (Junior): Named third-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region for second consecutive season ... Chosen first-team All-Big West Conference for the third straight campaign ... Started all 20 matches in which LBSU played, leading the team in minutes played (1,805) for the third year in a row ... Lone goal of the season was the game winner at UC Riverside on Oct. 19 ... Posted two assists ... Signed a contract to play for the Lexington Sporting Club of the USL Super League.

2022 (Sophomore): Named third-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region … Earned first-team All-Conference honors for the second consecutive season … Moving to the back line, starting all 21 games of the season and led the team in minutes played again (1,804), playing in all but 16 minutes … Was fifth on the team in points with two goals and three assists … Notched the first multi-assist game of her career against CSUN … Also assisted on the game-winning goal against CSU Bakersfield … Scored her first goal against Pacific in the season opener and her second at UC Santa Barbara ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2021 (Freshman): Named Big West Freshman of the Year, the fifth in program history … Earned first-team All-Big West All-Conference and Big West All-Freshman selections … Appeared in all 18 games, making 17 starts,… Led the team in minutes played, logging 1,651 for the season … Ranked fourth on the team with five points on a goal and three assists … Scored her first career goal in the game at San Diego … Notched assists against Hawai’i, UC Davis, and UC Santa Barbara … Her UC Davis assist came on the game-winning goal … Totaled four shots on the year, three on goal … Played every minute in 15 games, including 110 three times ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic; granted extra year of eligibility.

High School: Led West Covina High School to a league championship as a freshman, earning first-team all-league honors in her only season of high school soccer … A member of the high school honor roll.

Club: A consistent presence on USA Youth National Teams … Called up at the U16, U17, U18 and U20 levels … Most recently played for the U20 squad in a friendly against Japan in October 2019 … Played club for Legends FC.

Personal: Brother AJ plays soccer for Cal Poly … Also recruited by Oregon, Oregon State, Colorado and Pepperdine among others … Majoring in Communication Studies.